Restrictive Medical Studies Exclude Blacks And Women

Treatment studies that exclude the homeless, illicit drug users or people with mental problems disproportionately curb the number of African-Americans and/or women eligible to participate in medical research, according to a new study from investigators at Stanford University. Lead researcher Keith Humphreys says the findings should encourage scientists who design studies to consider the unintended consequences of eligibility criteria. [click link for full article]

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Filed under: Psychology on May 28th, 2007